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PAKISTAN-ECONOMY-TAX

AAMIR QURESHI

Pakistani tax official works on his laptop at a tax office in Islamabad on November 14, 2012. Pakistan is banking on a new amnesty to bring millions of tax evaders into the revenue net but analysts warn the scheme is a charter for cheats that will encourage money laundering and could 'destroy the tax system'. The chairman of the Federal Board of Revenues (FBR) Ali Arsahd Hakeem told AFP that the country's main revenue collection authority, is hoping to lure up to three million non-payers with a special offer, though he conceded it was a 'gigantic task'. Total tax revenue amounted to a paltry 9.6 percent of GDP in 2010-11, among the lowest in the world. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI

Pakistani tax official works on his laptop at a tax office in Islamabad on November 14, 2012. Pakistan is banking on a new amnesty to bring millions of tax evaders into the revenue net but analysts warn the scheme is a charter for cheats that will encourage money laundering and could 'destroy the tax system'. The chairman of the Federal Board of Revenues (FBR) Ali Arsahd Hakeem told AFP that the country's main revenue collection authority, is hoping to lure up to three million non-payers with a special offer, though he conceded it was a 'gigantic task'. Total tax revenue amounted to a paltry 9.6 percent of GDP in 2010-11, among the lowest in the world. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Spectators cheer during the medal ceremony at the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier at Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Spectators cheer during the medal ceremony at the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier at Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes swim during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier off Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Athletes enter the water during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier on Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes enter the water during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier on Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Athletes enter the water during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier on Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes enter the water during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier on Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

One Year Out, Rio Continues Preparations For The 2016 Olympics

Mario Tama

Athletes enter the water during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier on Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Athletes enter the water during the Aquece Rio Triathlon Olympic Qualifier on Copacabana beach ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A recent pollution reading deemed the waters off Copacabana 'unfit' for swimming. The Rio government promised to clean 80 percent of pollution and waste from the nearby Guanabara Bay in time for the games but admits that goal now is unlikely to be reached. August 5 marks the one-year mark to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Russia Celebrates Their Airborne Assault Troops

Alexander Aksakov

Ex-airborne assault troopers take part in a powerlifting competitions in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Ex-airborne assault troopers take part in a powerlifting competitions in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Russia Celebrates Their Airborne Assault Troops

Alexander Aksakov

Ex-airborne assault troopers celebrate in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Ex-airborne assault troopers celebrate in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Russia Celebrates Their Airborne Assault Troops

Alexander Aksakov

Ex-airborne assault troopers celebrate in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Ex-airborne assault troopers celebrate in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Russia Celebrates Their Airborne Assault Troops

Alexander Aksakov

People gather at Field of Mars during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

People gather at Field of Mars during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Russia Celebrates Their Airborne Assault Troops

Alexander Aksakov

Ex-airborne assault troopers arm wrestle in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Ex-airborne assault troopers arm wrestle in 300th Anniversary Park during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Russia Celebrates Their Airborne Assault Troops

Alexander Aksakov

Ex-airborne assault troopers and people pose for pictures on an airborne combat vehicle during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

Ex-airborne assault troopers and people pose for pictures on an airborne combat vehicle during celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Russia's Airborne Assault Troops on August 2, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. On Aug. 2, 1930, the first Russian soldiers were airdropped by parachute from a plane in flight during a training exercise over south Russia.

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A Pakistani tax official works on his laptop at a tax office in Islamabad on November 14, 2012. Pakistan is banking on a new amnesty to bring millions of tax evaders into the revenue net but analysts warn the scheme is a charter for cheats that will encourage money laundering and could 'destroy the tax system'. The chairman of the Federal Board of Revenues (FBR) Ali Arsahd Hakeem told AFP that the country's main revenue collection authority, is hoping to lure up to three million non-payers with a special offer, though he conceded it was a 'gigantic task'. Total tax revenue amounted to a paltry 9.6 percent of GDP in 2010-11, among the lowest in the world. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)